I encourage you to reconsider your opposition to domestic partnership for New Mexico residents. With all due respect to traditional family values, they are neither created nor destroyed by marriage. People who wish to have heterosexual, traditional relationships will still be free to do so if these bills pass. People who wish to live hedonistically will still be able to do so if these bills pass. What these bills assure is that same-sex persons who wish to socially and legally declare their intention to embrace family, commitment, and mutual respect will be able to do so. This is something they cannot currently do, and that is a terrible shame. It costs you, and the residents of New Mexico, absolutely nothing from your array of civil rights to allow these rights to extend to others. It is perfectly legal for pagan, atheist, childfree, or other non-traditional heterosexual couples to marry. There is no "traditional values" standard currently enforced by the state's marriage statutes, and thus no rational reason to deny the protection of analogous statutes to any citizen of the state.